Professor Speaks to His Transition to Online Learning Advocacy
In a reader commentary appearing in the Justice online, which is the independent student newspaper for Brandeis University, Peretz Rodman, who has been teaching online graduate courses for three years, mentions his initial skepticism about online teaching and learning effectiveness. But now, with experience, that view has changed.
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Can, or Should, Online Courses be Developed for Women Only?
This subject may be almost too hot to handle, but it is important that we look at some of the more contemporary trends and research in online education, even when the topic can arouse a lot of heated debate on both sides of an issue. So here goes. In this case, I’m talking about a […]
For Traditional Faculty, Easy Transition to Online Teaching Shouldn’t be Assumed, says Expert
Cameron Nichol is the Manager of eLearning & Educational Design in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. In a recent viewpoint, which was triggered by the remarks of a college professor in the United States who found online teaching very challenging, Mr. Nichol provides some good perspectives. His point […]
USA TODAY Reports the New Science of Learning May Transform the Educational Experience
Did you know that according to a study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), behavioral and brain measures can identify dyslexic tendencies in infants and lead to teaching that they say can “prevent dyslexia from occurring in the majority of children who would otherwise develop dyslexia…” That news is in this recent USA TODAY […]
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